Identity
Person No.
9964
Service No.
1019
Last Name
First Name
Eric William
Initials
E W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Samuel and Marie Hitchcock, of "Killiney", Waterberry Road, Plumstead, Cape Province. Remembered on Wynberg Boys' High School War Memorial gates
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Eric William HITCHCOCK, 3rd SAI, C Coy - Last group relieved 20th July; Killed 12th July 1918 (Caestre Military Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Eric William HITCHCOCK, 3rd SAI, C Coy - Last group relieved 20th July; Killed 12th July 1918 (Caestre Military Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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